On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Luquin, Andres wrote: > > Hi everybody !!!! > > I want to monitor a router and I just know a read password community > string. With others, we use the public community string and I usually call > MRTG like this: > > perl cfgmaker --ifdesc=name --no-down --show-op-down > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --output file.cfg > > How can I manage to make the call but using a password I've been > given?? Is just a different option in the command call for MRTG?? Thanks a > lot in advance, every hint or help will be really useful.
Change the string "public" in the example above to whatever password you have been given. "public" is nothing more than the default string/password. By the way, if you have SNMP devices connected to the Internet or otherwise able to be reached by other than trusted individuals, you should either change the default strings or filter access to the devices with access lists, or both. Anyone can gather quite a bit of information about your network with the "public" string, and make changes that can render your network unusable or do other nasties with the "private" string. If you leave these at the default values, you will sooner or later regret doing so. -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Administration - [EMAIL PROTECTED] WestNet: Connecting you to the planet. 805 884-6323 WB6RDV NetLojix Communications, Inc. - http://www.netlojix.com/ -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
